User:Mr. Ibrahem/Sepsis

confusion.^[2] There may also be symptoms related to a specific infection, such as a cough with pneumonia, or painful urination with a kidney infection.^[3] The very young, old, and people with a weakened immune system may have no symptoms of a specific infection, and the body temperature may be low or normal instead of having a fever.^[3] Severe sepsis is sepsis causing poor organ function or blood flow.^[10] The presence of low blood pressure, high blood lactate, or low urine output may suggest poor blood flow.^[10] Septic shock is low blood pressure due to sepsis that does not improve after fluid replacement.^[10]

blood to be infected.^[3] Medical imaging is helpful when looking for the possible location of the infection.^[10] Other potential causes of similar signs and symptoms include anaphylaxis, adrenal insufficiency, low blood volume, heart failure, and pulmonary embolism.^[3]

corticosteroids is controversial, with some reviews finding benefit,^[11][12] and others not.^[13]

developed world, approximately 0.2 to 3 people per 1000 are affected by sepsis yearly, resulting in about a million cases per year in the United States.^[7][8] Rates of disease have been increasing.^[10] Sepsis is more common among males than females.^[3] Descriptions of sepsis date back to the time of Hippocrates.^[15] The terms "septicemia" and "blood poisoning" have been used in various ways and are no longer recommended.^[15][16]